The largest glacier in East Antarctica, containing ice equivalent to a six-metre (20-foot) rise in global sea levels, is melting due to warm ocean water, Australian scientists said on Monday.
Earth Sciences
Jan 26, 2015
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The melting of a rather small ice volume on East Antarctica's shore could trigger a persistent ice discharge into the ocean, resulting in unstoppable sea-level rise for thousands of years to come. This is shown in a study ...
Environment
May 5, 2014
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(Phys.org) —An international research team has generated the first comprehensive map of geology beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet that will help to understand long-term changes in the largest ice sheet on the planet.
Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2014
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Australian geologists on Tuesday opened up the tantalising but controversial prospect that Antarctica could be rich in diamonds.
Earth Sciences
Dec 17, 2013
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It's official: East Antarctica is pushing West Antarctica around.
Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2013
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Newly analyzed data from East Antarctica say the remote region has set a record for soul-crushing cold.
Earth Sciences
Dec 9, 2013
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It wasn't what they were looking for but that only made the discovery all the more exciting.
Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2013
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The results of research conducted by professors at UC Santa Barbara and colleagues mark the beginning of a new paradigm for our understanding of the history of Earth's great global ice sheets. The research shows that, contrary ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 4, 2013
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The world's largest ice sheet could be more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than previously thought, according to new research from Durham University.
Earth Sciences
Aug 28, 2013
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Global warming five million years ago may have caused parts of Antarctica's large ice sheets to melt and sea levels to rise by approximately 20 metres, scientists report today in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2013
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